Isaiah 46

Isaiah 46New King James Version (NKJV)

Dead Idols and the Living God

46 Bel bows down, Nebo stoops;Their idols were on the beasts and on the cattle.Your carriages were heavily loaded,A burden to the weary beast.2 They stoop, they bow down together;They could not deliver the burden,But have themselves gone into captivity.

3 “Listen to Me, O house of Jacob,And all the remnant of the house of Israel,Who have been upheld by Me from [a]birth,Who have been carried from the womb:4 Even to your old age, I am He,And even to gray hairs I will carry you!I have made, and I will bear;Even I will carry, and will deliver you.

5 “To whom will you liken Me, and make Me equalAnd compare Me, that we should be alike?6 They lavish gold out of the bag,And weigh silver on the scales;They hire a goldsmith, and he makes it a god;They prostrate themselves, yes, they worship.7 They bear it on the shoulder, they carry itAnd set it in its place, and it stands;From its place it shall not move.Though one cries out to it, yet it cannot answerNor save him out of his trouble.

8 “Remember this, and [b]show yourselves men;Recall to mind, O you transgressors.9 Remember the former things of old,For I am God, and there is no other;I am God, and there is none like Me,10 Declaring the end from the beginning,And from ancient times things that are not yet done,Saying, ‘My counsel shall stand,And I will do all My pleasure,’11 Calling a bird of prey from the east,The man who executes My counsel, from a far country.Indeed I have spoken it;I will also bring it to pass.I have purposed it;I will also do it.

12 “Listen to Me, you stubborn-hearted,Who are far from righteousness:13 I bring My righteousness near, it shall not be far off;My salvation shall not [c]linger.And I will place salvation in Zion,For Israel My glory.

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